Side Note: The real losers of the fight for $15 are those that have put in the extra effort and worked their way up from $8 to $18 who will have their buying power severely diminished as their lazy co-workers all get participation trophy auto-raises.People will use their newfound buying power to compete for limited housing.

Yet, since I'm the property owner adjacent to their lot, if they clear the trees and wedge a pre-fab cabin on it, then my property value, and use as a short term rental, is diminished.

My only problem with tardus after talking to them was that they could only get me 5k in true passive income after 8 years of flipping (passive income is withdrawn from investments at a rate that won't diminish the Snowball).

I am concerned about diminished returns, especially in our climate moving forward. 

Otherwise, you will see around 10% of your gross revenue diminished from cleaning fees.

If so, this seems to drastically diminish the benefits of real estate as an investment.

Multiply that by the area GRM of, say, 8, then your offer might be $115,200.This is helpful because, if a property is mismanaged (collecting below market rent), then it's value to the investor is diminished.

The only part you can control is the condition of the property, but there is a diminishing return on that cost when you factor in things like the school district, the lot size etc.

With a smaller inventory the demand did not diminish result in an avg of sold/asked price ratio of 106% vs 115%  a year or two before for same period.Is our market hot?

As you age, the value of an MBA for a person in your situation greatly diminishes.